Vinelife Podcast

   14 April 2024 Matthew 5.17-48 The Sermon on the Mount is a beautiful grace filled message that is not converted by the church into a whole new level of legalism. Today as we look at Jesus’ comments on the Torah we learn quickly that if we are to be justified by the law that the real standard of the Law is much greater and unattainable than we could imagine. This is not because the law...

   07 April 2024 Matthew 5.17-48 The Sermon on the Mount is a beautiful grace filled message that is not converted by the church into a whole new level of legalism. Today as we look at Jesus’ comments on the Torah we learn quickly that if we are to be justified by the law that the real standard of the Law is much greater and unattainable than we could imagine. This is not because the law...

   31 May 2024 Revelation 5:1-15 Not your typical Easter morning text, this admonition to the seven churches of Asia is built of on the confidence that the Lamb who was slain has overcome sin, death, and every adversary so that that the church has every reason to be hopeful and persevere in every circumstance, which in itself is the message of Easter. He who was slain has overcome! If yo...

   24 March 2024 Matthew 19.28-48 There is an interesting tension in the New Testament (really throughout the Bible) because we have the clear call to evangelize the world, to make disciples of all ethnicities, which is essentially an invitation to those outside the faith to come and know Jesus. At the same time the assembly is a time for believers to gather to build one another up in lo...

   17 March 2024 Matthew 5.1-16 Today we are looking at the Beatitudes, the introduction to the Sermon on the Mount. The primary thought in the Beatitudes is that you should have this same attitude in you. And secondly, that the blessed life is available to everyone regardless of status, background, or situation. If you would like to support us in our ministry you can do so here: vinelif...

   10 March 2024 Matthew 4:12-25 Jesus is the greatest love story ever told. If you would like to support us in our ministry you can do so here: vinelife.church/give       The post Jesus is It!: The Call of the King appeared first on VineLife Christian Church .

   25 February 2024 Matthew 3.1-17 When we say that Jesus is it, it means we recognize who he is, that he is the embodiment of the law, the fulfillment of the Law, the standard of the Law. Often the modern church misspeaks about the law making it the standard to which Jesus had to rise in order to save us, but this is a fundamental misunderstanding of who Jesus is, what the Law is, and h...

   03 March 2024 Matthew 4:1-11 Knowing your identity in Christ is a powerful weapon against the enemy when it comes to resisting temptation.  The strategy of the enemy is to discredit you and in turn discredit God. As we dig into the 3 temptations of Christ we discover that truth is the primary weapon in responding to the lies that Satan feeds us in an attempt to distract our focus from...

   18 February 2024 Matthew 2:1-23 Among the four gospels, Matthew is one of the more Jewish in style and content, not in an exclusive way, but in its feel and explanations of who Jesus is and why he fulfills the Old Testament prophecies about Messiah. Nonetheless, the book is at the same time very invitational and inclusive to a Greek audience, which surprises some. Today’s m...

   24 December 2023 Luke 2.22-38 This week we are looking at two older saints that God used to give Mary & Joseph some prophetic words, despite the fact that neither of these senior saints were professional prophets, nor part of any professional religious order. They were just ordinary people trying to obey God! See less If you would like to support us in our ministry you can do so h...

   04 February 2024 Romans 1:18-25, Luke 17:11-19, 1 Peter 2:9, Luke 17:15-16, 2 Corinthians 5:14-15, Hebrews 13:15-16, Psalm 51:17, Psalm 27:4 We were created to worship. It’s woven into our very design as human beings. A worship that flows from the Creator to and through His creation reflected back to the Creator. However, not all worship is to God. What happe...

   28 January 2024 Matthew 28.18-20; Matthew 12.28-31; John 13.34-35 Every church has essentially the same mission to fulfill the Great Commission and the Great Commandment. It is a timeless mission. How a congregation does uniquely fulfills that mission is what we call the vision of the church. No two churches have the same vision because it is rooted in the unique calling and gifting o...

   21 January 2024 Mark 2:13-17 Jim Egli If you would like to support us in our ministry you can do so here: vinelife.church/give       The post How to Reach Your Friends that Most Need God appeared first on VineLife Christian Church .

   8 October 2023 John 13:36-14:14 This week we are looking at Jesus’ promise to send the Holy Spirit to the disciples. As their helper (and now ours also) the Holy Spirit’s coming was not only meant to be comforting, but also an empowering promise. For us now, the promise of the Holy Spirit is one that should fill us with a sense of expectation, assurance, and resilience in the face of...

   17 December 2023 Luke 2:8-21; Luke 11:13 This is one of the most beloved stories of Advent, the announcement to shepherds watching their flocks by night that Jesus was born. Why does it so capture our hearts? Because the ordinary and humble shepherds got a front row seat to the most spectacular and sacred of events in all of history. In that alone, we get a picture of the God who love...

   10 December 2023 Matthew 1:18-25; Micah 6:8; Isaiah 7:14 The Bible tells us very little about Joseph the man tasked with rearing Jesus, the Messiah, from birth to manhood, but what it does tells us is enough to give Joseph not only a place of honor in our hearts, but to reflect on our response to the call of God when we are called. See less If you would like to support us in our minis...

   3 December 2023 Luke 1:26-56 This week we are looking at the angel’s announcement to Mary, her visit with Elizabeth, and ultimately Mary’s song which is full of great theolory and anticipation of God’s kingdom. See less If you would like to support us in our ministry you can do so here: vinelife.church/give       The post It’s Beginning To Look A...

   26 November 2023 John 18:28-19:16 One of the things you quickly learn from Jesus is that The Way is nothing like the ways of World. This is probably the greatest tension between the kingdoms of men and darkness and the kingdom of God. And nothing illustrates this better than the dialogue between Jesus and Pilate. See less If you would like to support us in our ministry you can do so h...

   19 November 2023 John 18:1-27    Today’s message is about the betrayal of Jesus by his disciples, with a focus on Judas’ actions. The text highlights Jesus’ confrontational command during his arrest, as well as the chaos and mayhem that ensued. It also emphasizes God’s control over the situation. If you would like to support us in our ministry you can do so her...

   12 November 2023 John 17:1-26    What is Eternal Life? To know God. To truly know His character, His heart, His love, His grace, His mercy, His joy and ultimately His presence. In everything in our lives, God gets the glory and the world will know of His glory because of our unity and because of our love for each other. If you would like to support us in our ministry you can do so her...

   5 November 2023 John 16:16-33    This life is full of many challenges, many of them painful, but the promise of Jesus is that there is more to life, than our circumstances and situations. If you would like to support us in our ministry you can do so here: vinelife.church/give       The post Eternal Life – This is the Way: From Sorrow to Joy appeared first on VineL...

29 October 2023 John 16:7-15   It is important that we let God be God, and that we join God in whatever he is doing. One of the most common mistakes is to think we need to help God out. When we do that we tend to make a mess of things. However, when we let God be God, and we join God in what he is already doing, we find that we are much more fruitful and much less frustrated at our inability to wi...

22 October 2023 John 15:18-16:6

   1 October 2023 John 13:36-14:14 We are looking at Jesus’ instruction to his disciples about the Way and his assurance that the disciples know the Way, because they know him. This deeply relational explanation of the kingdom of God and eternal life was confounding to his disciples who had grown up studying Torah their whole life but whose culture had reduced the Way from relationship t...

   24 September 2023 John 13:18-38 This week we are looking at the betrayal of Judas and the denial of Peter, two of the most shocking turn of events leading to Jesus’ crucifixion. Central to these two painful events was the response of Jesus to them both, and Jesus’ teaching in that crucible of events about loving one another as the real proof of the gospel. If you would like to support...